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The Transfiguration

¹ And Jesus was saying to them, "^(C1)Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God when it has come with power."

^2 (C1)And six days later Jesus ^(*)took with Him ^(C2)Peter, ^(F1)James, and John, and ^(*)brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was ^(F2)transfigured before them;³ and ^(C1)His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.⁴ And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.⁵ Peter responded and ^(*)said to Jesus, "^(C1)Rabbi, it is good that we are here; ^(C2)let's make three ^(F1)tabernacles, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."⁶ For he did not know how to reply; for they became terrified.⁷ Then a cloud ^(F1)formed, overshadowing them, and ^(C1)a voice ^(F1)came out of the cloud: "^(C2)This is My beloved Son; ^(F2)listen to Him!"⁸ And suddenly they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

^9 (C1)As they were coming down from the mountain, He ^(C2)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, ^(F1)until the Son of Man rose from the dead.¹⁰ They ^(F1)seized upon ^(F2)that statement, discussing with one another ^(F3)what rising from the dead meant.¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that ^(C1)Elijah must come first?"¹² And He said to them, "Elijah does come first and he restores all things. And yet how is it written of ^(C1)the Son of Man that ^(C2)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?¹³ "But I say to you that Elijah has ^(F1)indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him."

All Things Possible

^14 (C1)And when they came back to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.¹⁵ Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were ^(C1)amazed and began running up to greet Him.¹⁶ And He asked them, "What are you disputing with them?"¹⁷ And one person from the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak;¹⁸ and ^(F1)whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not do it."¹⁹ And He answered them and ^(*)said, "O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!"²⁰ And they brought ^(F1)the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.²¹ And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.²² "It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"²³ But Jesus said to him, "'If You can'? ^(C1)All things are possible for the one who believes."²⁴ Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief!"²⁵ When Jesus saw that ^(C1)a crowd was ^(F1)rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You mute and deaf spirit, I ^(F2)command you, come out of him and do not enter him ^(F3)again!"²⁶ And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!"²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he got up.²⁸ When He came ^(C1)into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, "Why is it that we could not cast it out?"²⁹ And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer."

Death and Resurrection Foretold

^30 (C1)And from there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.³¹ For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "^(C1)The Son of Man is to be ^(F1)handed over to men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later."³² But ^(C1)they ^(F1)did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

^33 (C1)They came to Capernaum; and when He was in ^(C2)the house, He began to question them: "What were you discussing on the way?"³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way ^(C1)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.³⁵ And sitting down, He called the twelve and ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."³⁶ And He took a child and placed him among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,³⁷ "^(C1)Whoever ^(F1)receives ^(F2)one child like this in My name ^(F1)receives Me; and whoever ^(F1)receives Me does not ^(F3)receive Me, but Him who sent Me."

Dire Warnings

^38 (C1)John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and ^(C2)we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."³⁹ But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.⁴⁰ "^(C1)For the one who is not against us is ^(F1)for us.⁴¹ "For ^(C1)whoever gives you a cup of water to drink ^(F1)because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.

⁴² "^(C1)Whoever causes one of these ^(F1)little ones who believe in Me to ^(F2)sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he ^(F3)is thrown into the sea.⁴³ "And ^(C1)if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into ^(F1)(C2)hell, into the ^(C3)unquenchable fire.^(F2)45 "And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into ^(F1)(C1)hell.^(F2)47 "And ^(C1)if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into ^(F1)(C2)hell,^48 (C1)where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND ^(C2)THE FIRE IS NOT EXTINGUISHED.⁴⁹ "For everyone will be salted with fire.⁵⁰ "Salt is good; but ^(C1)if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you ^(F1)make it salty again? ^(C2)Have salt in yourselves, and ^(C3)be at peace with one another."